Disc I[CD]01. War Of The Gods02. Töck's Taunt - Loke's Treachery Part II03. Destroyer Of The Universe04. Slaves Of Fear05. Live Without Regrets06. The Last Stand Of Frej07. For Victory Or Death08. Wrath Of The Norsemen09. A Beast Am I10. Doom Over Dead Man11. War Machine [Kiss cover][bonus]12. Balls To The Wall [Accept cover][bonus]13. Aerials [System Of A Down cover][bonus]

Disc II[limited edition DVD Bloodshed Over Bochum 2008]01. Ride For Vengeance02. The Dragon's Flight Across The Waves03. Without Fear04. Victorious March05. Friends Of The Suncross06. Abandoned07. Amon Amarth08. Once Sent From The Golden Hall09. Bleed For Ancient Gods10. The Last With Pagan Blood11. North Sea Storm12. Avenger13. God His Son And Holy Whore14. Metalwrath15. Legend Of A Banished Man16. Bastards Of A Lying Breed17. Masters Of War18. The Sound Of Eight Hooves19. Risen From The Sea20. As Long As The Raven Flies21. A Fury Divine22. Annihilation Of Hammerfest23. The Fall Through Ginnungagap24. Releasing Surtur's Fire25. Death In Fire26. The Stabwounds In Our Backs27. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard28. Versus The World29. Across The Rainbow Bridge30. Down The Slopes Of Death31. Thousand Years Of Oppression32. Bloodshed33. And Soon The World Will Cease To Be

The kings of the Swedish melodeath scene are back! Consistent as always, they have become one of the record companies' favorite bands: nice songs, huge popularity, unique style and additionally, they publish a new album every 2 to 3 years. Only a few bands assemble all these traits and Amon Amarth is one of them. On the other hand, some experimentation would be welcomed…

The album is great. Not their best but the more I listen to it, the more the songs begin to stick.

Just wanted to comment on the DVD that is included in the package. I have to applaud Amon Amarth for being so good to their fans. Every single release by them usually includes an extra disk chock full of goodies. They went out of their way for this new release. Over three hours of concert footage with them performing four of their records in their entirety. And great quality too. The DVD also comes in every regular edition. They don't have all these different versions ( a bare bones version, a special edition, a 5.1 DVD version) which I think is annoying . They are very good to their fans.

I give this album an extra point just for the included DVD as it is in every edition. Its part of the whole package and it rocks! I hope other artist take this as an example.

I give this album an extra point just for the included DVD as it is in every edition. Its part of the whole package and it rocks! I hope other artist take this as an example.

I always make sure to pick up copies of Amon Amarth albums because they always have the added DVD (and - at least at the local record store - the price doesn't seem to be effected by that). It's always nice when bands provide their fans with a little extra.

Guess we've come full circle. I remember when everyone and their mother was claiming that Twilight was god awful. Now all of a sudden it's a classic if you listen to the opinions in this thread.

Simple question, have any of you listened to this album even remotely as much as you have Twilight? Obviously not, and purely rhetorical as there is no possible way you could say that it isn't better than twilight. Woos = masterpiece. Twilight = Forgettable. Surtur = inbetween them both but easily better than Twilight.

Guess we've come full circle. I remember when everyone and their mother was claiming that Twilight was god awful. Now all of a sudden it's a classic if you listen to the opinions in this thread.

Simple question, have any of you listened to this album even remotely as much as you have Twilight? Obviously not, and purely rhetorical as there is no possible way you could say that it isn't better than twilight. Woos = masterpiece. Twilight = Forgettable. Surtur = inbetween them both but easily better than Twilight.

I kinda liked TOTTG...kinda, but it felt somewhat try, and lacked a good punch. BUT HAVE NO FEAR. This album has so much more energy than the last. As much as I meh'd on about TOTTG, this just tidied that all up.

The album is great. Not their best but the more I listen to it, the more the songs begin to stick.

Just wanted to comment on the DVD that is included in the package. I have to applaud Amon Amarth for being so good to their fans. Every single release by them usually includes an extra disk chock full of goodies. They went out of their way for this new release. Over three hours of concert footage with them performing four of their records in their entirety. And great quality too. The DVD also comes in every regular edition. They don't have all these different versions ( a bare bones version, a special edition, a 5.1 DVD version) which I think is annoying . They are very good to their fans.

I give this album an extra point just for the included DVD as it is in every edition. Its part of the whole package and it rocks! I hope other artist take this as an example.

9.5

Urm... Amon Amarth I think DO have "all these different versions" I mean with respect, I brought the version that came with the minature figure and the DVD that comes with this that shows them playing the first four studio albums. YET on the rereleases of those albums are the same performances that the Surtur Rising DVD has, only as audio CD's.

Same applies to my version of Twilight Of The Thunder God in which theres a DVD AND CD version of the same concert. Yet with the other end of my mood I do strongly respect when bands do play full albums in their entirety in the release format that Amon Amarth first did. Not to seem contradicting.

They also played Surtur Rising in it's entirety during their recent US tour and I'm suspecting one of them will reappear on some disc or another in the future...

Destroyer of the Universe is the only song I really like from this album. I'm not the biggest Amon Amarth fan to begin with, but I find all the other songs on the album pretty benign and unimpressive. Also, as JD said, Aerials isn't that bad either, it's weird and the polar opposite of System of a Down's original, but it's alright.

It's a grower. at first listen the production and the fact that it's more of the same were VERY offputting. then i started to notice the melodies and the musicality. more of the same, perhaps, but still alot better than most bands can do

In my opinon 'Surtur Rising' is not quite as accessible as its predecessor, yet shows more melody, in which songs such as the ballad-like 'Doom over dead man' and the melodious outro to 'A beast am I' prove to be instant highlights because of the way they are written. The SOAD cover for me isn't really necessary for an album such as this, but i suppose it adds to the epic atmosphere provided by the rest of the album.

Good, but not delightful, like Twilight was. Sometimes riffs are almost the same, same melody... Like thay had no more ideas for new songs. I would say I'm dissapointed - there is even no one single outstanding song. Everything is only a good copy of previous songs. But as i like this kind of music I give 7 for Surtur.

Just give a try defebetly weeker album, seems band want to go beck to roots but didnt cruiate , it is not so melodic, non of songs stands out and
werry week for AA

That's not my impression of this album. There are some really interesting and enjoyable songs here. I also think Hegg has some fine moments with the vocals. Drumming is on a par with previous releases. I think anyone trying to claim massive differences in quality between the past three albums are splitting hairs because they are quite similar.

Another good album from the Swedish vikings. It is not a masterpiece, neither it is a pinnacle of their career but their trademark melodies, heavy sound and bestial roars and screams of Johan Hegg all are present so there is not much to complain. Maybe some variation to the band's sound would be welcome? Possibly. But, then again, they seem to play it safe and stick to the kind of music they are good at writing and performing.

The problem is it is just a little too similar to what theyve done in the past, though all the songs are just different enough and it has some highlights that make it worthwhile for the dedicated fans. I will agree about no songs really sticking out, the only song that really stood out at first listen was the outro, Doom over Dead Man because of that unique intertwining of synth and guitar.

Really I only got into this album after I burned out on all their previous melodeath releases. So for the dedicated fan its good enough, for the casual listener there really isn't much here besides the outro and maybe covers if your into that.

Although i got too say.. Surter Rising has one of the best album covers out there-had to get the banner poster for my wall